Research and Publications

Research in the Department of History

There is a wide variety of internationally recognised research activity in the Department of History, sometimes involving specialist research teams of academic staff, research associates, and visiting scholars.

The Department also retains a strong commitment to individual research and scholarship, which is a prerequisite for developing many of its key research areas. Such areas extend in time from the early medieval era to the modern and post-modern periods, and in space from the British Isles and central Europe to North America and the Caribbean, North Africa and other Mediterranean lands, and India and Singapore. Our research embraces socio-economic, cultural, political, religious and intellectual history, and often has an innovative cross-disciplinary emphasis.

John Welshman, Senior Lecturer in the Department, talks about his recent book Churchill's Children: The Evacuee Experience in Wartime Britain (2010) in this 'Meet the Author' video.

Main Research Areas

The Norman Edge: Identity and State-Formation on the Frontiers of Europe, c.1050—1200 Currently most of our medievalists are closely involved in this major research programme supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The Cultural Politics of English Pantomime, 1837—1901 A second AHRC–funded project, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham.
Dynamics of Memories Group The membership of this group is drawn from different disciplines and has a particularly strong base in History.
Victoria County History of Cumbria
Newton International Research Fellow This is hosted as part of a scheme run by the British Academy and other bodies in order to promote transnational research leadership and cooperation.

Staff Research Interests

For details of our developing research interests please see our staff research interests page and staff personal pages. Further information can also be found by visiting our Honorary Research Fellows page, Postgraduate Research Students page and Research Projects list.

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